Monday, August 29, 2011

Surviving the storm -- With faith and football, Tinker mines silver lining of tragedy - DecaturDaily.com / Michael Casagrande



by Michael Casagrande
excerpt ..
TUSCALOOSA — A few blocks from the main road sits a meadow in the heart of Tuscaloosa.
It's quiet there.
About a hundred feet off the dead-end road sits a wooden cross. There are flowers, hand-written notes, an Alabama shaker, a football. And an empty red chair.


It was in this serene slice of real estate where Carson Tinker's life changed in a blink four months ago Saturday. The unapologetic EF-4 tornado of April 27 threw him several hundred feet from his pulverized home into that pasture. It's where his girlfriend Ashley Harrison died.
Mere words can't capture the scene.



Read more http://www.decaturdaily.com/stories/Surviving-the-storm,84258?content_source=&category_id=&search_filter=Michael+Casagrande&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=&sub_type=stories&town_id=


The Meck Report/Blog - Subscribe Rt column
www.TheMeck.com

No comments: